Blood Lust : Erotic Vampire Tales
2 journalers for this copy...
OK, a hot cover and erotic gay vampire stories - how could I resist? I bought this on a recent trip to the bookstore, even though I really shouldn't be getting new books at all. But this one's got stories by M. Christian (one of my favorite erotic-short-story authors) and Thomas Roche (I have one of his short story collections here) and many others - and when I saw it also had a story by Jeff Mann I was lost. [See my BC-registered Jeff Mann books here.]
Later: Decent (er, poor choice of words there - very good and wildly *indecent*!) collection, with a variety of styles and tones.
Mann's story, "Hemlock Lake", has a classically-predatory vampire in modern-day Virginia, a wedding guest who ponders whether or not to grant mercy to his latest victim.
Crumrine's "Bicycle Baca" presents Haitian vampires, quite a change of pace.
Daniel Ritter's "Osiris" adds "vampire" to the list of traits to take into account when picking up guys - it's more romantic than frightening.
Matt Stedman's "Salvation" is another date-a-vampire story of sorts, but with a different twist.
Jordan Price's "Starlight" has two different kinds of supernatural beings strike up an unusual relationship in between hunting expeditions; is there any hope for a couple when one likes to leave his prey alive and the other prefers to rend it into fragments?
Max Pierce's "9821 Easton Drive" has a "Sunset Boulevard" vibe, more of a mystery than romance or horror.
Definitely horror is Bob Vickery's "Vampire Joe", a story in which the vampire is being hunted and will suffer an excruciating fate if caught; he manages a hot encounter along the way, but the overall tone of this one's very dark indeed.
Patrick Califia's "Learning the Alphabet" sets a vampire in a drug-raddled neighborhood, where it's hard to tell just who or what is the most monstrous thing there.
M. Christian's "Wet" closes out the book with a poignant/horrifying tale; an artist and vampire who has very precise criteria for choosing whom to bring over.
The other tales are good ones too, but those are the ones I liked best. Good collection.
Later: Decent (er, poor choice of words there - very good and wildly *indecent*!) collection, with a variety of styles and tones.
Mann's story, "Hemlock Lake", has a classically-predatory vampire in modern-day Virginia, a wedding guest who ponders whether or not to grant mercy to his latest victim.
Crumrine's "Bicycle Baca" presents Haitian vampires, quite a change of pace.
Daniel Ritter's "Osiris" adds "vampire" to the list of traits to take into account when picking up guys - it's more romantic than frightening.
Matt Stedman's "Salvation" is another date-a-vampire story of sorts, but with a different twist.
Jordan Price's "Starlight" has two different kinds of supernatural beings strike up an unusual relationship in between hunting expeditions; is there any hope for a couple when one likes to leave his prey alive and the other prefers to rend it into fragments?
Max Pierce's "9821 Easton Drive" has a "Sunset Boulevard" vibe, more of a mystery than romance or horror.
Definitely horror is Bob Vickery's "Vampire Joe", a story in which the vampire is being hunted and will suffer an excruciating fate if caught; he manages a hot encounter along the way, but the overall tone of this one's very dark indeed.
Patrick Califia's "Learning the Alphabet" sets a vampire in a drug-raddled neighborhood, where it's hard to tell just who or what is the most monstrous thing there.
M. Christian's "Wet" closes out the book with a poignant/horrifying tale; an artist and vampire who has very precise criteria for choosing whom to bring over.
The other tales are good ones too, but those are the ones I liked best. Good collection.
I'm adding this to ealasaidmae's GBLTQ bookbox, which will be on its way to BCer kanaye44 in Connecticut today. Enjoy!
[NOTE: the 2010 BookCrossing Unconvention in Boston is coming up soon, August 13-15; if interested in attending, this forum post has information and a link to the convention web site. And even if you can't attend, watch for lots of BC books to be released in the Boston area that weekend!]
[NOTE: the 2010 BookCrossing Unconvention in Boston is coming up soon, August 13-15; if interested in attending, this forum post has information and a link to the convention web site. And even if you can't attend, watch for lots of BC books to be released in the Boston area that weekend!]
selecting from ealasaidmae's GBLTQ bookbox. thank you!
